Case Studies

Cost Savings Achieved with Automatic Coolant Dispensing Equipment

A large manufacturer of transmission parts uses small stand alone machining centers for many operations. One 6-station transfer line, setup with six stand alone machines, was in trouble...
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Automotive Manufacturer Reduces Downtime, Eliminates Biocide in Washers

Many of the parts washers as a local assembly plant were running without heaters at ambient temperature. Washer performance was deteriorating (increasing down time and lost production) based on a buildup of solids in the pump and washer lines. Also operators complained about the odor...
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Cost Savings Achieved Through Quality Fluids

A small tool and die shop manufacturing precision machined components for a diverse set of industries was having problems with their fluids. They were using excessive amounts of coolant (running at 10% concentration) which was going bad in a short period of time, allowing fungal and bacteria growth and leaving sump on chips. As a result, the company was spending...
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CMS Reduces Costs by Over 50% with Automatic Coolant Makeup System

The Chemical Management Supplier working in a large automotive stamping plant was responsible for finding annual fluid cost savings. One area identified involved the manual mixing process operators were using...
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Company Improves Uptime by 20% using IFS to Service Centrifuges

An engine plant was shutting down their recycling equipment every 3 months for 30 days on average to do preventative maintenance on the system. IFS technicians were able to do the same maintenance in approximately 6 days...
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Plant Saves 60% on Equipment Budget by Refurbishing Centrifuge

The control panel was old, rusted, and unusable, but the actual centrifuge was in good shape. The customer was considering spending a considerable amount of money to buy a completely new machine. IFS came in to evaluate the machine and found the major components were still sound...
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Tier I Stamper Slashes Chemical Costs by 32% with SSM-300

A local stamper was receiving pre-mixed fluids by the tanker. IFS approached them about the potential cost savings by mixing on-site automatically with an SSM-300 shear-static mixer. At first the customer was reluctant...
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Recycling Hydraulic Press Oil Reduces Company’s Cost by 40%

A stamping company was regularly draining press oil into waste drums and paying to have it disposed. IFS suggested recycling the oil using a combination of centrifuge and vacuum dehydration technologies to reduce waste hauling costs and increase the useful life of the fluid...
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